Mohammed Moinuddin, MD

Director & Professor of Nuclear Medicine

Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN - USA
 First Revelation From GOD

[1] Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord

and Cherisher, Who created-
[2] Created man, out of a leech-like clot:
[3] Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-
[4] He Who taught (the use of) the Pen,-
[5] Taught man that which he knew not.
 History Of Embryology

• Aristotle (384-322 BC) – Founder of Embryology –

“Embryo rose from menstrual blood after activation by sperm.”
• W. Harvey (1578-1657 AD) –
Could not observe early stages of embryo and concluded
“Embryos were secreted by uterus.”
• Microscope discovered in late 16th century could magnify only
10 times
 History Of Embryology

• Hamm and Leeuwenhoek used an improved microscope in 1677

and first observed the spermatozoa, but mistakenly thought sperm
contained a miniature preformed human being that enlarged when
it was deposited in the female genital tract.
• Caspar Wolff (1759) suggested that development results from
growth and differentiation.
• Von Baer – described oocyte in the ovarian follicle of a dog in 1827
– 150 years after discovery of sperm – general characteristics of
embryo precede specific ones – “Father of Embryology”.
 History Of Embryology

• Copy of a seventeenth century drawing

of a sperm by Hartsoeker. The miniature
human being within it was thought to
enlarge after the sperm entered an
ovum. Other embryologist at this time
thought the oocyte contained a miniature
human being that enlarged when it was
stimulated by a sperm.
Uterus & Adnexa
Uterus & Adnexa
 Ovum & Sperm

Nucleus

Tail (flagellum)
In left outside

Sperm penetrates
ovum’s outer layer
Timetable Of Human Prenatal Development
Timetable Of Human Prenatal Development
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Meaning Of Word MUDAGHA
 Al-Muminun

[12] Man We did create from a quintessence

(of clay);
[13] Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm
in a place of rest, firmly fixed;
[14] Then We made the sperm into a clot of
congealed blood; then of that clot We
made a (foetus) lump; then We made out
of that lump bones and clothed the bones
with flesh; then We developed out of it
another creature. So blessed be Allah,
the Best to create!
[15] After that, at length ye will die.
[16] Again, on the Day of Judgment, will ye be
raised up.
 Al-Hajj

[5] O mankind! if ye have a doubt about the

Resurrection, (consider) that We created you
out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of a
leech-like clot, then out of a morsel of flesh,
partly formed and partly unformed, in order
that We may manifest (Our Power) to you;
and We cause whom We will to rest in the
wombs for an appointed term, then do We
bring you out as babes, then (foster you) that
ye may reach your age of full strength; and
some of you are called to die, and some are
sent back to the feeblest old age, so that
they know nothing after having known
(much). And (further), thou seest the earth
barren and lifeless, but when We pour down
rain on it, it is stirred (to life), it swells, and it
puts forth every kind of beautiful growth in
pairs.
Skeleton With/Without Muscle
Bones Of Forearm
Muscles Of Thigh
 Al-Mulk

[3] He Who created the seven heavens one

above another: no want of proportion wilt thou
see in the Creation of (Allah) Most Gracious.
So turn thy vision again: seest thou any flaw?
[4] Again turn thy vision a second time: (thy)
vision will come back to thee dull and
discomfited, in a state worn out.
 As-Sajda

[7] He Who has made everything which He

has created Most Good: He began the
creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,
[8] And made his progeny from a
quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised:
[9] But He fashioned him in due proportion,
and breathed into him something of His spirit.
And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing
and sight and feeling (and understanding):
little thanks do ye give!
 Al-Abasa

[17] Woe to man! What hath made him reject

Allah?
[18] From what stuff hath He created him?
[19] From a sperm-drop: He hath created him,
and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
[20] Then doth He make his path smooth for him;
[21] Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him
in his Grave;
[22] Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up
(again).
 Al-Qiyama

[36] Does Man think that he will be left

uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
[37] Was he not a drop of sperm emitted
(in lowly form)?
[38] Then did he become a clinging clot;
then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in
due proportion.
Timetable Of Human Prenatal Development
Timetable Of Human Prenatal Development
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11 Week To Full Term
 Az-Zumar

[6] He created you (all) from a single Person:

then created, of like nature, his mate; and He
sent down for you eight head of cattle in
pairs: He
makes you, in the
wombs of your mothers, in
stages, one after another, in
three veils of darkness. Such is
Allah, your Lord and Cherisher: to Him
belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but
He: then how are ye turned away (from your
true Centre)?
Three Veils Of Darkness
 Conclusion

“It is clear to me that these statements must have come to

Muhammad from God, because almost all of this knowledge was not
discovered until many centuries later. This proves to me that
Muhammad must have been a messenger of God.”

Keith L. Moore, Professor Emeritus,

University of Toronto

Dr. Moore was a former President of the Canadian

Association of Anatomists, and of the American Association
of Clinical Anatomists. He was honored by the Canadian
Association of Anatomists with the prestigious J.C.B. Grant
Award and in 1994 he received the Honored Member
Award of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists
"for outstanding contributions to the field of clinical
anatomy."
 Contact Information

Dr. Mohammed Moinuddin

Director & Professor of Nuclear Medicine
Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN - USA

Email: moin39@msn.com
 Lessons

1. QURAN IS THE GREATEST AND EVERLASTING MIRACLE

3. QURAN IS THE BOOK OF GUIDANCE

5. QURAN EXHORTS US TO THINK AND CONTEMPLATE

7. QURAN SHOULD BE STUDIED, LEARNT, MEMORIZED,

RECITED, TAUGHT AND PRACTISED

Thank You